Question 1

Which of the following is defined as the elastic leasing of pooled computer resources over the Internet?

Accepted Answer

A)   broadband
B)   wiki
C)   the cloud
D)   Bluetooth
E)   SSDF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

Compared to in-house hosting, cloud-based hosting ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   provides better visibility of security and disaster preparedness capabilities
B)   minimizes the risk of investing in technology that will soon become obsolete
C)   provides greater control over the location of data
D)   requires a significant amount of capital
E)   requires significant development effortF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

A(n)  ________ is a number that identifies a particular device.

Accepted Answer

A)   domain
B)   IP address
C)   hyperlink
D)   WSDL
E)   NIPF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Define SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. Provide an example of each.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

The ________ tier of the three-tier architecture consists of computers, phones, and other mobile devices that have browsers that request and process Web pages.

Accepted Answer

A)   user
B)   server
C)   database
D)   data link
E)   mainframeF) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

________ is a category of cloud hosting where vendors provide a bare server computer, data storage, network, and virtualization.

Accepted Answer

A)   SaaS
B)   PaaS
C)   IaaS
D)   BaaS
E)   TaaSF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 7

Which of the following is the most basic cloud offering?

Accepted Answer

A)   SaaS
B)   CDN
C)   IaaS
D)   VPN
E)   SASF) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

Which of the following statements is True about IEEE 802.3?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is the protocol for wireless LAN connections.
B)   It is the protocol for Bluetooth.
C)   It is the protocol for wired LAN connections.
D)   It is the universal standard protocol for all WAN connections.
E)   It is the protocol for optical fiber rings.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 9

For communications equipment, M stands for ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   1,000
B)   1,024
C)   1,000,000
D)   500
E)   15,000F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 10

The ________ is a core Internet protocol that guarantees the reliable delivery of packets.

Accepted Answer

A)   FTP
B)   HTML
C)   IP
D)   UDP
E)   TCPF) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

Which of the following is the most common format for IP addresses?

Accepted Answer

A)   IPv4
B)   TCP
C)   IPv6
D)   http
E)   IPFF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

________ are programs that run on a server-tier computer and manage traffic by sending and receiving Web pages to and from clients.

Accepted Answer

A)   Web servers
B)   Web browsers
C)   Server farms
D)   Server racks
E)   VPNsF) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of SaaS?

Accepted Answer

A)   iCloud
B)   Microsoft Azure
C)   Oracle On Demand
D)   Amazon S3
E)   Google App EngineF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

Bluetooth is a common wireless protocol used to make PAN connections.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Identify a characteristic that is a disadvantage of cloud-based hosting.

Accepted Answer

A)   loss of control over data location
B)   ongoing support costs
C)   increased management requirements
D)   significant development effort
E)   significant capital requiredF) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

The committee that addresses LAN standards is called IEEE 802 Committee.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following statements is True about cable lines?

Accepted Answer

A)   They provide high-speed data transmission using telephone cables.
B)   They offer consistent performance irrespective of the number of users sending and receiving data.
C)   They rely on high-capacity optical fiber cables and use their own protocols for data transmission.
D)   They provide faster download speeds than DSL modems.
E)   They provide faster download speeds than OC128 lines.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 18

The term ________ means that the computing resources leased can be increased or decreased dynamically in a short span of time and that organizations pay for just the resources that they use.

Accepted Answer

A)   portable
B)   pooled
C)   programmatic
D)   elastic
E)   incrementalF) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 19

Discuss TCP/IP Protocol Architecture, and define Internet protocols.

Accepted Answer

The basic plumbing of the Internet is go...

Question 20

Which of the following is a characteristic of cloud-based hosting?

Accepted Answer

A)   unknown cost structure
B)   full control of data location
C)   no obsolescence
D)   in-depth visibility of security
E)   static storage capacityF) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Exam 6: The Cloud

Which of the following statements is True about IEEE 802.3?

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The committee that addresses LAN standards is called IEEE 802 Committee.

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________ is a category of cloud hosting where vendors provide a bare server computer, data storage, network, and virtualization.

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________ are programs that run on a server-tier computer and manage traffic by sending and receiving Web pages to and from clients.

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